--- product_id: 106294735 title: "Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables (The Puffin Bloom Collection)" price: "$23.25" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/106294735-penguin-minis-anne-of-green-gables-the-puffin-bloom-collection store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables (The Puffin Bloom Collection) **Price:** $23.25 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables (The Puffin Bloom Collection) - **How much does it cost?** $23.25 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/106294735-penguin-minis-anne-of-green-gables-the-puffin-bloom-collection) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The cherished favourite featuring everyone's favourite red-headed orphan, now in a revolutionary new mini format with a beautiful cover illustration by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand, Rifle Paper Co. This beloved classic is now available as a Penguin Mini. Complete and unabridged, the book's revolutionary landscape design and ultra-thin paper make it easy to hold in one hand without sacrificing readability. Perfectly sized to slip into a pocket or bag, Penguin Minis are ideal for reading on the go. Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. Review: Loved all the books - but wish I'd chosen the hard copies and not the Kindle editions - I can't add much to the actual reviews here: lots of useful, interesting and perceptive comments about the entire 'Anne of Green Gables' series have been submitted already, at both desertcart.co.uk and American desertcart.com. However, I'm not as familiar with the books as I was during my library ticket prime some three decades ago, and I needed to piece together a reading order now that I'm re-discovering them with younger members of the family. Pinning this order down is surprisingly difficult - the 'Anne' books were not written in chronological order, and there are two books of short stories that are set in Avonlea, but not about Anne Shirley. Also, 'Anne of Windy Poplars' and 'Anne of Windy Willows' are one and the same novel; the latter title was used in the UK upon first publication, but now appears to be used only in the Penguin paperback edition. There are two 'sequels' that are actually about Anne's children, and then several more books by L. M. Montgomery that sound similar but are not part of the `Anne' series. So, in the hope other customers find this useful, here's the reading order for the series, at least as far as I can make it out: 1)'Anne of Green Gables' 2)'Anne of Avonlea' *2.5) Short stories 'Chronicles of Avonlea' 3)'Anne of the Island' 4)'Anne of Windy Poplars' (also known as 'Anne of Windy Willows') 5)'Anne's House of Dreams' 6)'Anne of Ingleside' 7)'Rainbow Valley' (a sequel, in which Anne is an adult background character, with her daughter Rilla taking up the juvenile protagonist role) *7.5) Short stories 'Further Chronicles of Avonlea' 8)'Rilla of Ingleside'(another sequel primarily featuring Rilla, obviously!) There are also at least two further sequels and short story compilations which opportunistic editors and publishers have assembled in recent years from previously discarded manuscripts. I haven't read these, and probably won't - L.M. Montgomery had a fifty year writing career, and I'm reluctant to read material that she herself rejected lest it diminishes my huge fondness for her works. Now, having sorted out the running order, here are a few cautions to avoid disappointment when you decide to read the whole series: Firstly, at least at the time of writing, not all the books in the series are available on Kindle. I downloaded all those that are, but had to go back and fill in the gaps with hard copies; now we have an incomplete set of paperbacks and an incomplete set on Kindle, so not ideal. Secondly, as seems often to be the case with Kindle editions, there are a surprising number of typos. This is confusing when L.M. Montgomery has certain characters employ Prince Edward Island dialect, and you're not sure whether the eccentric vocabulary is intentional, or a misprint. A few are so key that they actually affect comprehension. Finally, some - but not all - of the Kindle editions use American spellings. This didn't bother me, but if you're buying these books for a child still learning to be confident in their reading, I'd strongly recommend you stick to the actual books rather than the Kindle versions, despite the temptations of money-saving and convenience. Individually, not all the books merit five stars; some are better than others, and 'Anne of Ingleside' is probably my favourite. The Kindle editions don't do justice to the books as yet, and need further revision. But overall, I loved these books, it was great fun to return to them, and you don't need children in the house to enjoy them all over again. Review: A wonderfully optimistic book - I can't remember reading another book so positive. At it's core, this is a story about a lot of flawed adults who end up being very kind to a golden-hearted little girl with an irrepressible appreciation of life's beauties. It has its bittersweet moments, but that colour just seems to better bring out the joy and optimism in it. I wish more books were like this. The Kindle version has some minor spelling errors and odd formatting, but I believe it was free when I acquired it, so I think that's forgivable at such a price point. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 2,114,636 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 99 in Children's Books on Orphans & Foster Homes 100 in Children's Books on Adoption 159 in Classics for Children | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 16,248 Reviews | ## Images ![Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables (The Puffin Bloom Collection) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81c3EWVZJUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved all the books - but wish I'd chosen the hard copies and not the Kindle editions *by E***M on 26 November 2011* I can't add much to the actual reviews here: lots of useful, interesting and perceptive comments about the entire 'Anne of Green Gables' series have been submitted already, at both Amazon.co.uk and American Amazon.com. However, I'm not as familiar with the books as I was during my library ticket prime some three decades ago, and I needed to piece together a reading order now that I'm re-discovering them with younger members of the family. Pinning this order down is surprisingly difficult - the 'Anne' books were not written in chronological order, and there are two books of short stories that are set in Avonlea, but not about Anne Shirley. Also, 'Anne of Windy Poplars' and 'Anne of Windy Willows' are one and the same novel; the latter title was used in the UK upon first publication, but now appears to be used only in the Penguin paperback edition. There are two 'sequels' that are actually about Anne's children, and then several more books by L. M. Montgomery that sound similar but are not part of the `Anne' series. So, in the hope other customers find this useful, here's the reading order for the series, at least as far as I can make it out: 1)'Anne of Green Gables' 2)'Anne of Avonlea' *2.5) Short stories 'Chronicles of Avonlea' 3)'Anne of the Island' 4)'Anne of Windy Poplars' (also known as 'Anne of Windy Willows') 5)'Anne's House of Dreams' 6)'Anne of Ingleside' 7)'Rainbow Valley' (a sequel, in which Anne is an adult background character, with her daughter Rilla taking up the juvenile protagonist role) *7.5) Short stories 'Further Chronicles of Avonlea' 8)'Rilla of Ingleside'(another sequel primarily featuring Rilla, obviously!) There are also at least two further sequels and short story compilations which opportunistic editors and publishers have assembled in recent years from previously discarded manuscripts. I haven't read these, and probably won't - L.M. Montgomery had a fifty year writing career, and I'm reluctant to read material that she herself rejected lest it diminishes my huge fondness for her works. Now, having sorted out the running order, here are a few cautions to avoid disappointment when you decide to read the whole series: Firstly, at least at the time of writing, not all the books in the series are available on Kindle. I downloaded all those that are, but had to go back and fill in the gaps with hard copies; now we have an incomplete set of paperbacks and an incomplete set on Kindle, so not ideal. Secondly, as seems often to be the case with Kindle editions, there are a surprising number of typos. This is confusing when L.M. Montgomery has certain characters employ Prince Edward Island dialect, and you're not sure whether the eccentric vocabulary is intentional, or a misprint. A few are so key that they actually affect comprehension. Finally, some - but not all - of the Kindle editions use American spellings. This didn't bother me, but if you're buying these books for a child still learning to be confident in their reading, I'd strongly recommend you stick to the actual books rather than the Kindle versions, despite the temptations of money-saving and convenience. Individually, not all the books merit five stars; some are better than others, and 'Anne of Ingleside' is probably my favourite. The Kindle editions don't do justice to the books as yet, and need further revision. But overall, I loved these books, it was great fun to return to them, and you don't need children in the house to enjoy them all over again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wonderfully optimistic book *by K***R on 28 February 2026* I can't remember reading another book so positive. At it's core, this is a story about a lot of flawed adults who end up being very kind to a golden-hearted little girl with an irrepressible appreciation of life's beauties. It has its bittersweet moments, but that colour just seems to better bring out the joy and optimism in it. I wish more books were like this. The Kindle version has some minor spelling errors and odd formatting, but I believe it was free when I acquired it, so I think that's forgivable at such a price point. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The First Anne Shirley Story *by S***B on 14 December 2019* First published in 1908 and reprinted so many times since, 'Anne of Green Gables' hardly needs an introduction as many people, even if they have not read the book, will at least know some of the story through the television adaptations of the novel and its sequels. Therefore, briefly, L.M. Montgomery's children's novel, which is set on Prince Edward Island in Canada, tells the story of eleven-year-old auburn-haired orphan girl, Anne Shirley, who arrives at Green Gables, the home of Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert and, despite not being the boy they expected to adopt, nevertheless wins the hearts of the Cuthberts - and, indeed, all of those around her. With a cast of sympathetic and interesting characters and filled with all of the adventures (and misadventures) that the highly imaginative Anne encounters, this little novel was one that I read several times as a child and loved it, but not one that I have read as an adult - therefore, it was with some trepidation that I began rereading the first book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Well, I needn't have worried, because although I understandably didn't feel quite the same way about the story as I did when I read it as a child (and it's full of homespun philosophies and tales with a moral to them - which may not appeal to some readers today), I still very much enjoyed this little book and found it a heart-warmingly nostalgic read. 4 Stars. ## Frequently Bought Together - Penguin Minis: Anne of Green Gables (The Puffin Bloom Collection) - Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille - Amos Fortune, Free Man (Newbery Library, Puffin) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/106294735-penguin-minis-anne-of-green-gables-the-puffin-bloom-collection](https://www.desertcart.us/products/106294735-penguin-minis-anne-of-green-gables-the-puffin-bloom-collection) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-07-14*